Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

By Dickinson, Emily

Book Id: WPLBN0002952222
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File Size: 10.20 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Author:	Dickinson, Emily
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Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson; by Emily Dickinson
Historic Publication Date:	1896
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Dickinson, B. E. (1896). Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet and reclusive life, her poetry was published posthumously and immediately found a wide audience. While she echoed the romantic natural themes of her times, her style was much more free and irregular, causing many to criticize her and editors to correct her. In the early 20th century, when poetic style had become much looser, new audiences learned to appreciate her work. Here collected are many of her most contemplative, most rebellious, and dark works, expressing her frustrations with the behavioral confines of her times, and the confines of being human and unknowing of eternity. (Summary by Becky Miller)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Poetry